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Unit 2 Quest Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecology is...

a)

The study of life

b)

The study of cells

c)

The study of organisms in their environment

d)

The study of plants

2.

If an ecologist is carefully watching something over time, what are they doing?

a)

Observing

b)

Experimenting

c)

Modeling

d)

Controlling

3.

What type of experiment would a scientist do if it is outside and uncontrolled, but shows actual interactions of organisms in their environment?

a)

Lab experiment

b)

Field experiment

c)

Model experiment

d)

Indirect experiment

4.

Which of the following is NOT a dispersion pattern organisms do in their environment?

a)

Clumped

b)

Random

c)

Uniform

d)

Dense

5.

Population density tells scientists which of the following?

a)

How many plants are on each continent

b)

How many organisms are in a specific area

c)

How many humans are in the world

d)

How many organisms are in the world

6.

Which of the following allows populations to INCREASE (choose all that apply)

a)

Death

b)

Immigration

c)

Emmigration

d)

Birth

7.

Which of the following allows populations to DECREASE (choose all that apply)

a)

Death

b)

Immigration

c)

Emmigration

d)

Birth

8.

Which type of growth does this graph represent?

a)

Exponential Growth

b)

Logistic Growth

9.

Which of the following is an example of DENSITY INDEPENDENT limiting factor?

a)

Competition

b)

Space

c)

Hurricane

d)

Disease

10.

Which of the following is an example of DENSITY DEPENDENT limiting factor (check all that apply)?

a)

Tornado

b)

Space

c)

Hurricane

d)

Competition

11.

Which of the following is true about NICHES?

a)

A niche describes an organisms general environment

b)

A niche is unique to an organism and describes its diet, shelter, and behavior

c)

A niche describes how many of the same species is in the area

d)

A niche describes the maximum amount of resources that are in an environment

12.

Competition is...

a)

When an organism hunts another organism

b)

When an organism is being hunted by another organism

c)

When two organisms are fighting for the same resource/mate

d)

When organisms share resources

13.

Interspecific competition is competition between...

a)

the same species

b)

different species

14.

Which of the following is an example if INTRASPECIFIC competition?

a)

A finch and a cardinal compete for the same tree to nest in

b)

A whale and a shark compete to eat the same seals

c)

A buck competes with another buck to win over the female deer

d)

A lion shares the gazelle with another lion in its pack

15.

A tiger lurks in the jungle to catch its food. A tiger stumbles upon a group of boars. The tiger uses its stealthy skills and speed to catch a boar. WHAT IS THE PREY IN THIS SITUATION?

a)

Tiger

b)

Food

c)

Jungle

d)

Boar

16.

A jellyfish swims through the Atlantic ocean, looking for something to eat. The jellyfish swims through a group of plankton. The jellyfish digest as many planktonic organisms as it can. WHAT IS THE PREDATOR IN THIS SITUATION?

a)

jellyfish

b)

ocean

c)

plankton

d)

digest

17.

Which of the following is NOT a type of symbiotic relationship?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Symbiosism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

18.

A tick living on a dog. WHICH TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IS THIS?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Symbioism

19.

A bird building a nest in a tree. WHICH TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IS THIS?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Symbioism

20.

Bees and a flower with pollen. WHICH TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IS THIS?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Symbioism